Leonard B. Fritz
Home Town: Laurel Bloomery, TN
General Orders No. No. 133, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leonard B. Fritz, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 18, 1918. When his platoon was held up by an enemy machine- gun post, Private Fritz with another soldier taking their automatic rifles rushed forward through intense fire, skillfully placed the rifle in position and opened effective fire.
